Librarians Are Hiding Something

Magazines, or as we librarians call them, periodicals traditionally have been a large part of any library collection. We subscribe to dozens of titles and we put most of them out for people to just pickup and read. And as long as it is not the current issue, you can check out magazines. But there are some magazines that we hide away from you.

But to be fair, we're not hiding the magazines because we want to keep people from reading them. Rather, we had to hide the magazines to protect them. In the deep, dark corners of the library, sometimes our materials get vandalized. And magazines and newspapers are very susceptible. So for their safety, here is a list of magazines that are kept at the reference desk.
House Beautiful
Cuisine at Home
Scientific American
People Style Watch
And of course the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue

Also, we pull sections from the newspaper which tend to dissappear.
The Sunday classified pages from the LA Times and OC Register
The New York Times Book Review section

It's not our intent to prevent people from reading these. In fact, it's really simple to get them. All you need to do is ask at the reference desk.